Re: System of ODE's

[Phil Reardon]

On Wednesday 26 September 2001 20:43, Dennis Bayrock wrote:
> Hello,
>
>     I am a research scientist involved in modeling yeast fermentations
> for the production of alcohol. I have a system of ODE's to model and am
> wondering if Octave is capable of handling such a system. For eg.
>
>         dX/dt= 1+ dS/dt
>         dS/dt = -2.5 * dX/dt
>         dP/dt = 5 * dS/dt - 3 * dX/dt
>
>             etc.
>
>    I have already read the manual and it does mention how to set up
> ODE's, but it does not mention if Octave can handle a system of ODE's
> that are linked to one another or how one would set one up.
>     Thank you for your response in advance!
>
>         Dennis Bayrock , P.hD
>
>
>
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Yes, systems of 1st order ODE's are done nicely by calling lsode. Look again 
at the documentation for examples



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